Thread: How to manage kepub.epub in Calibre
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Old 01-13-2020, 05:27 PM   #23
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Originally Posted by PeterT View Post
Time for a chuckle. I was curious about how Standard eBooks formatted their content so started browsing their GitHub repository. In the tools/de/vendor/kobo_touch_extended directory you'll find kobo.py which is based on code from calibre.

The code has been restructured but appears to have the same function definitions and even the same comments in the code.

I have to wonder how the kepub format created by Standard eBooks compares to that by calibre. If my PC wasn't currently dead (I think it's power supply died and I can't get out today) I'd try taking one of their Epub formatted books and converting it in calibre.
They are different. The ePub is rubbish. The CSS is overly complicated. They do not understand "Keep it simple." Their ePub is ePub3 and their ePub3 is even worse. I don't get how they can mess things up as badly as they have.
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